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The Ghost of Christmas Always by Kevin J. Anderson was an interesting story about Charles Dickens, told from his (meaning CD's) POV about a certain Christmas Eve. I enjoyed it. :-)

The Christmas Noun by Larry Correia was great fun. I read it smiling. My smile began after LC's in-the-story introduction and lasted through The End, where I may have chuckled just a bit. :-)

LaZelle Family Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman was really good, very interesting, and incredibly poignant in the end. Each child's vignette shared the Spirit of Christmas, but Opal's Ornament was . . . Wow. :-)

I've read Cold Comfort by Ray Vukcevich twice now - first yesterday (late last night) and then again today (after a good night's sleep) - and it doesn't make sense to me! So a freezer calls in to report a dead body. . .and a date is made to connect with the human rep again next Holiday. Wait, what? But what about Ralph's head?! Did this story end in the middle?? :-/

So I guess not every story in this collection is a "fantasy" story? Because this last one, The Jolly Old Boyfriend by Jerry Oltion, and Dead Snow weren't so much fantastical as they were imaginative. I'm glad to say that I liked this story by Mr. Oltion much better than I did his first entry in this collection.

I decided to read Dead Snow before bed (and in bed). I kind of wish I had waited. It was an incredibly depressing story. I feel like crying. :'( What a start to Christmas. *sigh* On a happier note, it's Christmas now! Merry Christmas, All! :-)

I had intended to finish this book today. But watching four (FOUR!) DVDs and playing games took away too much reading time. I started Dead Snow by Kent Patterson, but I'll have to finish it (and the book) in a few days. For tomorrow, Christmas Day, I plan to read (or at least start) When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz, my favorite author. :-)

Christopher's Crummy Christmas by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. I don't understand why this story was called Christopher's Crummy Christmas. In the end, it seemed that this Christmas might be the best, yet.

Popcorn for Christmas by Debra Gray De Noux & O'Neil De Noux was a very poignant story about a cop and a ghost. I enjoyed it, though it was sad.

I read One Last Gift by Jerry Oltion yesterday. I don't understand why the crash investigator was so happy that Santa and his reindeer died. I mean, I get that he thinks studying them will be a real boon to science, but. . . :-/